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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480801203321

Autore

Worthy Ben

Titolo

The politics of freedom of information : How and why governments pass laws that threaten their power / / Ben Worthy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-5261-0852-6

1-5261-0851-8

1-5261-2415-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

342.08/53

Soggetti

Freedom of information - Political aspects

Freedom of information - Political aspects - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester, 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-225) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work explores the implementation of the UK's FOI law under Tony Blair, showing how the radical policy was weakened by compromises and clandestine agreements before reaching the statute book, though it went on to be controversial and disruptive nonetheless.